Oral, South Dakota | |
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Coordinates: 43°24′18″N 103°16′7″W / 43.40500°N 103.26861°W | |
Country | United States |
State | South Dakota |
County | Fall River |
Area | |
• Total | 1.68 sq mi (4.35 km2) |
• Land | 1.67 sq mi (4.34 km2) |
• Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2) |
Elevation | 2,969 ft (905 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 66 |
• Density | 39.43/sq mi (15.22/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP codes | 57766 |
FIPS code | 46-47340 |
GNIS feature ID | 1265313[3] |
Oral is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Fall River County, South Dakota, United States.[3] The population was 66 at the 2020 census.[4]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 66 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census[6] |
A post office called Oral has been in operation since 1894.[7] Some say Oral is the middle name of the first postmaster's son,[8] (John Oral Goodman, later of Riverton, WY) while others believe the community was so named with the expectation the place would become something people would be talking about.[9]